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Why 14 Characters?
The length of a password plays a vital role in its strength. The longer a password, the more difficult it is for cyber criminals to crack, because the number of potential combinations increases exponentially. A 14-character password, if it's truly random, will take many years, if not centuries, to crack with current computing power
Complexity Matters
When we say a 'complex' password, we're referring to the use of a variety of characters. A complex password includes a combination of upper-case letters, lower-case letters, numbers, and special characters. This diversity makes the password harder to guess or crack.
Passwords must meet complexity requirements
The password contains characters from three of the following categories:
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Uppercase letters of European languages (A through Z, with diacritic marks, Greek and Cyrillic characters).
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Lowercase letters of European languages (a through z, sharp-s, with diacritic marks, Greek and Cyrillic characters).
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Base 10 digits (0 through 9).
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Non-alphanumeric characters (special characters):
'-!"#$%&()*,./:;?@[]^_`{|}~+<=>
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Currency symbols such as the Euro or British Pound aren't counted as special characters for this policy setting.
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Any Unicode character that's categorized as an alphabetic character but isn't uppercase or lowercase. This group includes Unicode characters from Asian languages.
Complexity requirements are enforced when passwords are changed or created.
If your password does not meet the standard Password Criterion, you will get the following error message
